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Sea of people

Devotees chant “Jai Jagannath” as the new idol of Jagannath, changed after 19 years in the Nabakalebar ceremony, is brought out before the Rath Yatra procession begins in Puri on Saturday. An estimated 15 lakh people took part in the procession, in which two women died of suffocation. Picture by Pradip Sanyal

TT Bureau Published 19.07.15, 12:00 AM

Devotees chant “Jai Jagannath” as the new idol of Jagannath, changed after 19 years in the Nabakalebar ceremony, is brought out before the Rath Yatra procession begins in Puri on Saturday. An estimated 15 lakh people took part in the procession, in which two women died of suffocation. Picture by Pradip Sanyal

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